Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Quote by John Dryden

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Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

A child born today in the United Kingdom stands a ten times greater chance of...

A child born today in the United Kingdom stands a ten times greater chance of...

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...

Fear is a fine spur, so is rage

Fear is a fine spur, so is rage

Wit is a treacherous dart. It is perhaps the only weapon with which it is...

Wit is a treacherous dart. It is perhaps the only weapon with which it is...